DEO Sakshi Sawhney directs hotels/marriage palace owners to submit report of bookings daily
District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney on Friday directed the owners of hotels and marriage palaces to submit the report of their bookings daily to the election office.
City Air News
Mar 22, 2024 07:17
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Ludhiana, March 22, 2024: District Election Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney on Friday directed the owners of hotels and marriage palaces to submit the report of their bookings daily to the election office.
Presiding over a meeting with the Hotel and Marriage Palace owners here in Bachat Bhawan, Sawhney accompanied by Additional Deputy Commissioner Anmol Singh Dhaliwal, Assistant Commissioner Krishna Pal Rajpoot, said that in view of the Lok Sabha Polls, Model Code of Conduct has been implemented in the district. She said that during the Model Code of Conduct, the district administration would keep a strict vigil over the bookings of Hotels and Marriage palaces to keep a tab over the political activities during the Model Code of Conduct.
Sawhney said that all the marriage palaces and Hotels had to daily furnish information pertaining to their bookings to the administration.She said that every transaction for any political function has to be brought on record and payment of such functions must be mandatorily taken through the cheque. She also said that the administration must be informed earlier about these functions and permissions must be sought on such occasions.
Taking part in deliberations, the stakeholders assured fulsome support and cooperation to the administration in this cause.
In another meeting, District Election Officer also said that the district administration would monitor CCTV footage of liquor warehouses on a daily basis to prevent the use of alcohol to influence voters in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls. No liquor should be released without a proper license or permit from the warehouse. She also warned the liquor shops against selling alcohol on the basis of coupons or tokens. The daily record of English and Indian Made (Desi) liquor and Beer must be submitted with the election office.
